Terminal device and transmission method

ABSTRACT

A control unit ( 208 ) transmits a response signal on an uplink control channel on the basis of a rule. In the rule, error detection result pattern candidates are associated with multiple resources of the uplink control channel used in the transmission of the response signal and with phase points within each resource, and at least a specific pattern candidate, wherein the pattern for a specific error detection result with respect to downlink data of a first unit band is identical to the error detection result pattern when communication with the base station ( 100 ) occurs using only the first unit band, and the error detection results other than the specific error detection result are all NACK or DTX, is associated with the first resource of the multiple resources. In addition, at least the first resource of the multiple resources is arranged within the first unit band.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a terminal apparatus and a transmissionmethod.

BACKGROUND ART

3GPP LTE employs Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)as a downlink communication scheme. In radio communication systems towhich 3GPP LTE is applied, base stations transmit synchronizationsignals (i.e., Synchronization Channel: SCH) and broadcast signals(i.e., Broadcast Channel: BCH) using predetermined communicationresources. Meanwhile, each terminal finds an SCH first and therebyensures synchronization with the base station. Subsequently, theterminal reads BCH information to acquire base station-specificparameters (e.g., frequency bandwidth) (see, Non-Patent Literature(hereinafter, abbreviated as NPL) 1, 2 and 3).

In addition, upon completion of the acquisition of the basestation-specific parameters, each terminal sends a connection request tothe base station to thereby establish a communication link with the basestation. The base station transmits control information via PhysicalDownlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) as appropriate to the terminal withwhich a communication link has been established via a downlink controlchannel or the like.

The terminal performs “blind-determination” on each of a plurality ofpieces of control information included in the received PDCCH signal(i.e., Downlink (DL) Assignment Control Information: also referred to asDownlink Control Information (DCI)). More specifically, each piece ofthe control information includes a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) partand the base station masks this CRC part using the terminal ID of thetransmission target terminal. Accordingly, until the terminal demasksthe CRC part of the received piece of control information with its ownterminal ID, the terminal cannot determine whether or not the piece ofcontrol information is intended for the terminal. In thisblind-determination, if the result of demasking the CRC part reportsthat the CRC operation is OK, the piece of control information isdetermined as being intended for the terminal.

Moreover, in 3GPP LTE, Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) is applied todownlink data to terminals from a base station. More specifically, eachterminal feeds back a response signal indicating the result of errordetection on the downlink data to the base station. Each terminalperforms a CRC on the downlink data and feeds back Acknowledgment (ACK)when CRC=OK (no error) or Negative Acknowledgment (NACK) when CRC=Not OK(error) to the base station as a response signal. An uplink controlchannel such as Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) is used to feedback the response signals (i.e., ACK/NACK signals (hereinafter, may bereferred to as “A/N,” simply)).

The control information to be transmitted from a base station hereinincludes resource assignment information including information onresources assigned to the terminal by the base station. As describedabove, PDCCH is used to transmit this control information. This PDCCHincludes one or more L1/L2 control channels (L1/L2 CCH). Each L1/L2 CCHconsists of one or more Control Channel Elements (CCE). To put it morespecifically, a CCE is the basic unit used to map the controlinformation to PDCCH. Moreover, when a single L1/L2 CCH consists of aplurality of CCEs (2, 4 or 8), a plurality of contiguous CCEs startingfrom a CCE having an even index are assigned to the L1/L2 CCH. The basestation assigns the L1/L2 CCH to the resource assignment target terminalin accordance with the number of CCEs required for indicating thecontrol information to the resource assignment target terminal. The basestation maps the control information to physical resources correspondingto the CCEs of the L1/L2 CCH and transmits the mapped controlinformation.

In addition, CCEs are associated with component resources of PUCCH(hereinafter, may be referred to as “PUCCH resource”) in a one-to-onecorrespondence. Accordingly, a terminal that has received an L1/L2 CCHidentifies the component resources of PUCCH that correspond to the CCEsforming the L1/L2 CCH and transmits a response signal to the basestation using the identified resources. However, when the L1/L2 CCHoccupies a plurality of contiguous CCEs, the terminal transmits theresponse signal to the base station using a PUCCH component resourcecorresponding to a CCE having a smallest index among the plurality ofPUCCH component resources respectively corresponding to the plurality ofCCEs (i.e., PUCCH component resource associated with a CCE having aneven numbered CCE index). In this manner, the downlink communicationresources are efficiently used.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, a plurality of response signals transmittedfrom a plurality of terminals are spread using a Zero Auto-correlation(ZAC) sequence having the characteristic of zero autocorrelation intime-domain, a Walsh sequence and a discrete Fourier transform (DFT)sequence, and are code-multiplexed in a PUCCH. In FIG. 1, (W₀, W₁, W₂,W₃) represent a length-4 Walsh sequence and (F₀, F₁, F₂) represent alength-3 DFT sequence. As illustrated in FIG. 1, ACK or NACK responsesignals are primary-spread over frequency components corresponding to 1SC-FDMA symbol by a ZAC sequence (length-12) in frequency-domain. Morespecifically, the length-12 ZAC sequence is multiplied by a responsesignal component represented by a complex number. Subsequently, the ZACsequence serving as the response signals and reference signals after theprimary-spread is secondary-spread in association with each of a Walshsequence (length-4: W₀-W₃ (may be referred to as Walsh Code Sequence))and a DFT sequence (length-3: F₀-F₂). More specifically, each componentof the signals of length-12 (i.e., response signals after primary-spreador ZAC sequence serving as reference signals (i.e., Reference SignalSequence) is multiplied by each component of an orthogonal code sequence(i.e., orthogonal sequence: Walsh sequence or DFT sequence). Moreover,the secondary-spread signals are transformed into signals of length-12in the time-domain by inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT). A CP isadded to each signal obtained by IFFT processing, and the signals of oneslot consisting of seven SC-FDMA symbols are thus formed.

The response signals from different terminals are spread using ZACsequences each corresponding to a different cyclic shift value (i.e.,index) or orthogonal code sequences each corresponding to a differentsequence number (i.e., orthogonal cover index (OC index)). An orthogonalcode sequence is a combination of a Walsh sequence and a DFT sequence.In addition, an orthogonal code sequence is referred to as a block-wisespreading code in some cases. Thus, base stations can demultiplex thecode-multiplexed plurality of response signals using the related artdespreading and correlation processing (see, NPL 4).

However, it is not necessarily true that each terminal succeeds inreceiving downlink assignment control signals because the terminalperforms blind-determination in each subframe to find downlinkassignment control signals intended for the terminal. When the terminalfails to receive the downlink assignment control signals intended forthe terminal on a certain downlink component carrier, the terminal wouldnot even know whether or not there is downlink data intended for theterminal on the downlink component carrier. Accordingly, when a terminalfails to receive the downlink assignment control signals intended forthe terminal on a certain downlink component carrier, the terminalgenerates no response signals for the downlink data on the downlinkcomponent carrier. This error case is defined as discontinuoustransmission of ACK/NACK signals (DTX of response signals) in the sensethat the terminal transmits no response signals. In 3GPP, operation isperformed such that the probability of correctly detecting a downlinkassignment control signal intended for the terminal becomes 99% (DTXprobability is 1%).

In 3GPP LTE systems (may be referred to as “LTE system,” hereinafter),base stations assign resources to uplink data and downlink data,independently. For this reason, in the 3GPP LTE system, terminals (i.e.,terminals compliant with LTE system (hereinafter, referred to as “LTEterminal”)) encounter a situation where the terminals need to transmituplink data and response signals for downlink data simultaneously in theuplink. In this situation, the response signals and uplink data from theterminals are transmitted using time-division multiplexing (TDM). Asdescribed above, the single carrier properties of transmission waveformsof the terminals are maintained by the simultaneous transmission ofresponse signals and uplink data using TDM.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the response signals (i.e.,“A/N”) transmitted from each terminal partially occupy the resourcesassigned to uplink data (i.e., Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH)resources) (i.e., response signals occupy some SC-FDMA symbols adjacentto SC-FDMA symbols to which reference signals (RS) are mapped) and arethereby transmitted to a base station in time-division multiplexing(TDM). However, “subcarriers” in the vertical axis in FIG. 2 are alsotermed as “virtual subcarriers” or “time contiguous signals,” and “timecontiguous signals” that are collectively inputted to a discrete Fouriertransform (DFT) circuit in a SC-FDMA transmitter are represented as“subcarriers” for convenience. To put it more specifically, optionaldata of the uplink data is punctured due to the response signals in thePUSCH resource. Accordingly, the quality of uplink data (e.g., codinggain) is significantly reduced due to the punctured bits of the codeduplink data. For this reason, base stations instruct the terminals touse a very low coding rate and/or to use very large transmission powerso as to compensate for the reduced quality of the uplink data due tothe puncturing.

Meanwhile, the standardization of 3GPP LTE-Advanced for realizing fastercommunication than 3GPP LTE is in progress. 3GPP LTE-Advanced systems(may be referred to as “LTE-A system,” hereinafter) follow LTE systems.3GPP LTE-Advanced will introduce base stations and terminals capable ofcommunicating with each other using a wideband frequency of 40 MHz orgreater to realize a downlink transmission rate of up to 1 Gbps orabove.

In the LTE-A system, in order to simultaneously achieve backwardcompatibility with the LTE system and ultra-high-speed communicationseveral times faster than transmission rates in the LTE system, theLTE-A system band is divided into “component carriers” of 20 MHz orbelow, which is the bandwidth supported by the LTE system. In otherwords, the “component carrier” is defined herein as a band having amaximum width of 20 MHz and as the basic unit of communication band. Inthe Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, moreover, “componentcarrier” in downlink (hereinafter, referred to as “downlink componentcarrier”) is defined as a band obtained by dividing a band according todownlink frequency bandwidth information in a BCH broadcasted from abase station or as a band defined by a distribution width when adownlink control channel (PDCCH) is distributed in the frequency domain.In addition, “component carrier” in uplink (hereinafter, referred to as“uplink component carrier”) may be defined as a band obtained bydividing a band according to uplink frequency band information in a BCHbroadcasted from a base station or as the basic unit of a communicationband of 20 MHz or below including a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel(PUSCH) in the vicinity of the center of the bandwidth and PUCCHs forLTE on both ends of the band. In addition, the term “component carrier”may be also referred to as “cell” in English in 3GPP LTE-Advanced.Furthermore, “component carrier” may also be abbreviated as CC(s).

In the Time Division Duplex (TDD) system, a downlink component carrierand an uplink component carrier have the same frequency band, anddownlink communication and uplink communication are realized byswitching between the downlink and uplink on a time division basis. Forthis reason, in the case of the TDD system, the downlink componentcarrier can also be expressed as “downlink communication timing in acomponent carrier.” The uplink component carrier can also be expressedas “uplink communication timing in a component carrier.” The downlinkcomponent carrier and the uplink component carrier are switched based ona UL-DL configuration as shown in FIG. 3. In the UL-DL configurationshown in FIG. 3, timings are configured in subframe units (that is, 1msec units) for downlink communication (DL) and uplink communication(UL) per frame (10 msec). The UL-DL configuration can construct acommunication system capable of flexibly meeting a downlinkcommunication throughput requirement and an uplink communicationthroughput requirement by changing a subframe ratio between downlinkcommunication and uplink communication. For example,

FIG. 3 illustrates UL-DL configurations (Config 0 to 6) having differentsubframe ratios between downlink communication and uplink communication.In addition, in FIG. 3, a downlink communication subframe is representedby “D,” an uplink communication subframe is represented by “U” and aspecial subframe is represented by “S.” Here, the special subframe is asubframe at the time of switchover from a downlink communicationsubframe to an uplink communication subframe. In the special subframe,downlink data communication may be performed as in the case of thedownlink communication subframe. In each UL-DL configuration shown inFIG. 3, subframes (20 subframes) corresponding to 2 frames are expressedin two stages: subframes (“D” and “S” in the upper row) used fordownlink communication and subframes (“U” in the lower row) used foruplink communication. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, an errordetection result corresponding to downlink data (ACK/NACK) is reportedin the fourth uplink communication subframe or an uplink communicationsubframe after the fourth subframe after the subframe to which thedownlink data is assigned.

The LTE-A system supports communication using a band obtained bybundling some component carriers, so-called carrier aggregation (CA).Note that while a UL-DL configuration can be set for each componentcarrier, an LTE-A system compliant terminal (hereinafter, referred to as“LTE-A terminal”) is designed assuming that the same UL-DL configurationis set among a plurality of component carriers.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams provided for describing asymmetric carrieraggregation and a control sequence thereof applicable to individualterminals.

As illustrated in FIG. 4B, a configuration in which carrier aggregationis performed using two downlink component carriers and one uplinkcomponent carrier on the left is set for terminal 1, while aconfiguration in which the two downlink component carriers identicalwith those used by terminal 1 are used but uplink component carrier onthe right is used for uplink communication is set for terminal 2.

Referring to terminal 1, a base station included an LTE-A system (thatis, LTE-A system compliant base station (hereinafter, referred to as“LTE-A base station”) and an LTE-A terminal included in the LTE-A systemtransmit and receive signals to and from each other in accordance withthe sequence diagram illustrated in FIG. 4A. As illustrated in FIG. 4A,(1) terminal 1 is synchronized with the downlink component carrier onthe left when starting communications with the base station and readsinformation on the uplink component carrier paired with the downlinkcomponent carrier on the left from a broadcast signal called systeminformation block type 2 (SIB2). (2) Using this uplink componentcarrier, terminal 1 starts communication with the base station bytransmitting, for example, a connection request to the base station. (3)Upon determining that a plurality of downlink component carriers need tobe assigned to the terminal, the base station instructs the terminal toadd a downlink component carrier. However, in this case, the number ofuplink component carriers does not increase, and terminal 1, which is anindividual terminal, starts asymmetric carrier aggregation.

In addition, in the LTE-A system to which carrier aggregation isapplied, a terminal may receive a plurality of pieces of downlink dataon a plurality of downlink component carriers at a time. In LTE-A,channel selection (also referred to as “multiplexing”), bundling and adiscrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) format are available as a method oftransmitting a plurality of response signals for the plurality of piecesof downlink data. In channel selection, a terminal causes not onlysymbol points used for response signals, but also the resources to whichthe response signals are mapped to vary in accordance with the patternfor results of the error detection on the plurality of pieces ofdownlink data. Compared with channel selection, in bundling, theterminal bundles ACK or NACK signals generated according to the resultsof error detection on the plurality of pieces of downlink data (i.e., bycalculating a logical AND of the results of error detection on theplurality of pieces of downlink data, provided that ACK=1 and NACK=0),and response signals are transmitted using one predetermine resource. Intransmission using the DFT-S-OFDM format, a terminal jointly encodes(i.e., joint coding) the response signals for the plurality of pieces ofdownlink data and transmits the coded data using the format (see, NPL5). For example, a terminal may send the response signals (i.e.,ACK/NACK) as feedback using channel selection, bundling or DFT-S-OFDMaccording to the number of bits for a pattern for results of errordetection. Alternatively, a base station may previously configure themethod of transmitting the response signals.

Channel Selection is a technique that varies not only the phase points(i.e., constellation points) for the response signals but also theresources used for transmission of the response signals (may be referredto as “PUCCH resource,” hereinafter) on the basis of whether the resultsof error detection on the plurality of pieces of downlink data for eachdownlink component carrier received on the plurality of downlinkcomponent carriers (a maximum of two downlink component carriers) areeach an ACK or NACK as illustrated in FIG. 5. Meanwhile, bundling is atechnique that bundles ACK/NACK signals for the plurality of pieces ofdownlink data into a single set of signals and thereby transmits thebundled signals using one predetermined resource (see, NPLs 6 and 7).Hereinafter, the set of the signals formed by bundling ACK/NACK signalsfor a plurality of pieces of downlink data into a single set of signalsmay be referred to as “bundled ACK/NACK signals.”

The following two methods are considered as a possible method oftransmitting response signals in uplink when a terminal receivesdownlink assignment control information via a PDCCH and receivesdownlink data.

One of the methods is to transmit response signals using a PUCCHresource associated in a one-to-one correspondence with a controlchannel element (CCE) occupied by the PDCCH (i.e., implicit signaling)(hereinafter, method 1). More specifically, when DCI intended for aterminal served by a base station is mapped in a PDCCH region, eachPDCCH occupies a resource consisting of one or a plurality of contiguousCCEs. In addition, as the number of CCEs occupied by a PDCCH (i.e., thenumber of aggregated CCEs: CCE aggregation level), one of aggregationlevels 1, 2, 4 and 8 is selected according to the number of informationbits of the assignment control information or a propagation pathcondition of the terminal, for example.

The other method is to previously indicate a PUCCH resource to eachterminal from a base station (i.e., explicit signaling) (hereinafter,method 2). To put it differently, each terminal transmits responsesignals using the PUCCH resource previously indicated by the basestation in method 2.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, the terminal transmits response signalsusing one of two component carriers. A component carrier that transmitssuch response signals is called “primary component carrier (PCC) orprimary cell (PCell).” The other component carrier is called “secondarycomponent carrier (SCC) or secondary cell (SCell).” For example, the PCC(PCell) is a component carrier that transmits broadcast information on acomponent carrier that transmits response signals (e.g., systeminformation block type 1 (SIB1)).

In method 2, PUCCH resource common to a plurality of terminals (e.g.,four PUCCH resources) may be previously indicated to the terminals froma base station. For example, terminals may employ a method to select onePUCCH resource to be actually used, on the basis of a transmit powercontrol (TPC) command of two bits included in DCI in SCell. In thiscase, the TPC command is also called an ACK/NACK resource indicator(ARI). Such a TPC command allows a certain terminal to use an explicitlysignaled PUCCH resource in a certain subframe while allowing anotherterminal to use the same explicitly signaled PUCCH resource in anothersubframe in the case of explicit signaling.

Meanwhile, in channel selection, a PUCCH resource in an uplink componentcarrier associated in a one-to-one correspondence with the top CCE indexof the CCEs occupied by the PDCCH indicating the PDSCH in PCC (PCell)(i.e., PUCCH resource in PUCCH region 1 in FIG. 5) is assigned (implicitsignaling).

Here, ARQ control using channel selection when the above asymmetriccarrier aggregation is applied to a terminal will be described withreference to FIG. 5 and FIGS. 6A and 6B.

For example, in FIG. 5, a component carrier group (may be referred to as“component carrier set” in English) consisting of component carrier 1(PCell) and component carrier 2 (SCell) is set for terminal 1. In thiscase, after downlink resource assignment information is transmitted toterminal 1 from the base station via a PDCCH of each of componentcarriers 1 and 2, downlink data is transmitted using the resourcecorresponding to the downlink resource assignment information.

Furthermore, in channel selection, response signals representing errordetection results corresponding to a plurality of pieces of downlinkdata in component carrier 1 (PCell) and error detection resultscorresponding to a plurality of pieces of downlink data in componentcarrier 2 (SCell) are mapped to PUCCH resource included in PUCCH region1 or PUCCH region 2. The terminal uses two types of phase points (BinaryPhase Shift Keying (BPSK) mapping) or four types of phase points(Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) mapping) as response signalsthereof. That is, in channel selection, it is possible to express apattern for results of error detection corresponding to a plurality ofpieces of downlink data in component carrier 1 (PCell) and the resultsof error detection corresponding to a plurality of pieces of downlinkdata in component carrier 2 (SCell) by a combination of PUCCH resourceand phase points.

Here, FIGS. 6A to 6C show a method of mapping a pattern for results oferror detection when the number of component carriers is two (one PCell,one SCell) in an FDD system.

Note that FIGS. 6A to 6C assumes a case where the transmission mode isset to one of (a), (b) and (c) below.

(a) A transmission mode in which each component carrier supports onlydownlink one-CW (codeword) transmission

(b) A transmission mode in which one component carrier supports onlydownlink one-CW transmission and the other component carrier supports upto downlink two-CW transmission

(c) A transmission mode in which each component carrier supports up todownlink two-CW transmission

In FIG. 6A, PUCCH resource 0 (h0 in FIG. 6A) is a resource associated ina one-to-one correspondence with the top CCE index (n_(CCE)) occupied bythe PDCCH indicating the PCell PDSCH and PUCCH resource 1 (h1) is aresource selected by ARI indicated by the PDCCH indicating the SCellPDSCH.

In FIG. 6B, when PCell is in a transmission mode (non-MIMO Cell) thatsupports only downlink one-CW transmission and SCell is in atransmission mode (MIMO Cell) that supports up to downlink two-CWtransmission, b2 is an error detection result corresponding to downlinkdata of PCell and b0 and b1 are error detection results corresponding todownlink data of SCell. At this time, PUCCH resource 2 (h2) is aresource associated in a one-to-one correspondence with the top CCEindex (n_(CCE)) occupied by the PDCCH indicating the PCell PDSCH, andPUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 (h0 and h1) are resources selectedby ARI indicated by the PDCCH indicating the SCell PDSCH.

In FIG. 6B, when PCell is in a transmission mode that supports up todownlink two-CW transmission and SCell is in a transmission mode thatsupports only downlink one-CW transmission, b0 and b1 are errordetection results corresponding to downlink data of PCell and b2 is anerror detection result corresponding to downlink data of SCell. At thistime, PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 (h0 and h1) are resourcesassociated in a one-to-one correspondence with the top CCE index and thenext index (n_(CCE) and n_(CCE)+1) occupied by the PDCCH indicating thePCell PDSCH, and PUCCH resource 2 (h2) is a resource selected by ARIindicated by the PDCCH indicating the SCell PDSCH.

In FIG. 6C, PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1 (h0 and h1) areresources associated in a one-to-one correspondence with the top CCEindex and the next index (n_(CCE) and n_(CCE)+1) occupied by the PDCCHindicating the PCell PDSCH, and PUCCH resource 2 and PUCCH resource 3(h2 and h3) are resources selected by ARI indicated by the PDCCHindicating the SCell PDSCH.

Next, FIG. 7A illustrates a method of mapping error detection resultpatterns when there are two component carriers (one PCell and one SCell)in a TDD system.

As with FIG. 6, FIG. 7A assumes a case where the transmission mode isset to one of (a), (b) and (c) below.

Furthermore, FIG. 7A assumes a case where number M is set in one of (1)to (4) below, M indicating how many downlink communication subframes percomponent carrier (hereinafter, described as “DL (DownLink) subframes,”“D” or “S” shown in FIG. 3) of results of error detection need to bereported to the base station using one uplink communication subframe(hereinafter, described as “UL (UpLink) subframe,” “U” shown in FIG. 3).For example, in Config 2 shown in FIG. 3, since results of errordetection of four DL subframes are reported to the base station usingone UL subframe, M=4.

(1) M=1

(2) M=2

(3) M=3

(4) M=4

That is, FIG. 7A illustrates a method of mapping a pattern for resultsof error detection when (a) to (c) above are combined with (1) to (4)above. The value of M varies depending on UL-DL configuration (Config 0to 6) and subframe number (SF#0 to SF#9) in one frame as shown in FIG.3. Furthermore, in Config 5 shown in FIG. 3, M=9 in subframe (SF) #2.However, in this case, in the LTE-A TDD system, the terminal does notapply channel selection and reports the results of error detectionusing, for example, a DFT-S-OFDM format. For this reason, in FIG. 7A,Config 5 (M=9) is not included in the combination.

In the case of (1), the number of error detection result patterns is2²×1=4 patterns, 2³×1=8 patterns and 2⁴×1=16 patterns in order of (a),(b) and (c). In the case of (2), the number of error detection resultpatterns is 2²×2=8 patterns, 2³×2=16 patterns, 2⁴×2=32 patterns in orderof (a), (b) and (c). The same applies to (3) and (4).

Here, it is assumed that the phase difference between phase points to bemapped in one PUCCH resource is 90 degrees at minimum (that is, a casewhere a maximum of 4 patterns per PUCCH resource are mapped). In thiscase, the number of PUCCH resources necessary to map all error detectionresult patterns is 2⁴×4±4=16 in (4) and (c) when the number of errordetection result patterns is a maximum (2⁴×4=64 patterns), which is notrealistic. Thus, the TDD system intentionally reduces the amount ofinformation on the results of error detection by bundling the results oferror detection in a spatial region or further in a time domain ifnecessary. In this way, the TDD system limits the number of PUCCHresources necessary to report the error detection result patterns.

In the LTE-A TDD system, in the case of (1), the terminal maps 4patterns, 8 patterns and 16 patterns of results of error detection inorder of (a), (b) and (c) to 2, 3 and 4 PUCCH resources respectivelywithout bundling the results of error detection (Step3 in FIG. 7A). Thatis, the terminal reports an error detection result using 1 bit percomponent carrier in which a transmission mode (non-MIMO) supportingonly one-codeword (CW) transmission in downlink and reports errordetection results using 2 bits per component carrier in which atransmission mode (MIMO) supporting up to two-CW transmissions indownlink.

In the LTE-A TDD system, in the cases of (2) and (a), the terminal mapseight patterns of results of error detection to four PUCCH resourceswithout bundling the results of error detection (Step3 in FIG. 7A). Inthat case, the terminal reports error detection results using 2 bits perdownlink component carrier.

In the LTE-A TDD system, in the cases of (2) and (b) (the same appliesto (2) and (c)), the terminal bundles the results of error detection ofcomponent carriers in which a transmission mode supporting up to two-CWtransmission in downlink is set in a spatial region (spatial bundling)(Step1 in FIG. 7A). In the spatial bundling, when the result of errordetection corresponding to at least one CW of two CWs of the results oferror detection is NACK, the terminal determines the results of errordetection after the spatial bundling to be NACK. That is, in spatialbundling, Logical AND of the results of error detection of two CWs istaken. The terminal then maps error detection result patterns afterspatial bundling (8 patterns in the cases of (2) and (b), 16 patterns inthe cases of (2) and (c)) to four PUCCH resources (Step3 in FIG. 7A). Inthat case, the terminal reports error detection results using 2 bits perdownlink component carrier.

In the LTE-A TDD system, in the cases of (3) or (4), and (a), (b) or(c), the terminal performs bundling in the time domain (time-domainbundling) after the spatial bundling (Step 1) (Step2 in FIG. 7A). Theterminal then maps the error detection result patterns after thetime-domain bundling to four PUCCH resources (Step3 in FIG. 7A). In thatcase, the terminal reports results of error detection using 2 bits perdownlink component carrier.

Next, an example of more specific mapping methods will be described withreference to FIG. 7B. FIG. 7B shows an example of a case where thenumber of downlink component carriers is 2 (one PCell, one SCell) and acase where “(c) a transmission mode in which each component carriersupports up to downlink two-CW transmission” is set and a case with “(4)M=4.”

In FIG. 7B, the results of error detection of a PCell are (ACK (A),ACK), (ACK, ACK), (NACK (N), NACK) and (ACK, ACK) in order of (CW0, CW1)in four DL subframes (SF1 to 4). In the PCell shown in FIG. 7B, M=4, andtherefore the terminal spatially bundles these subframes in Step 1 inFIG. 7A (portions enclosed by a solid line in FIG. 7B). As a result ofthe spatial bundling, ACK, ACK, NACK and ACK are obtained in that orderin four DL subframes of the PCell shown in FIG. 7B. Furthermore, inStep2 in FIG. 7A, the terminal applies time-domain bundling to the 4-biterror detection result pattern (ACK, ACK, NACK, ACK) after spatialbundling obtained in Step1 (portions enclosed by broken line in FIG.7B). In this way, a 2-bit error detection result of (NACK, ACK) isobtained in the PCell shown in FIG. 7B.

The terminal likewise applies spatial bundling and time-domain bundlingalso for the SCell shown in FIG. 7B and thereby obtains a 2-bit errordetection result (NACK, NACK).

The terminal then combines the error detection result patterns using 2bits each after time-domain bundling of the PCell and SCell in Step3 inFIG. 7A in order of the PCell, SCell to bundle them into a 4-bit errordetection result pattern (NACK, ACK, NACK, NACK). The terminaldetermines a PUCCH resource (in this case, h1) and a phase point (inthis case, −j) using the mapping table shown in Step3 in FIG. 7A fromthis 4-bit error detection result pattern.

The method of determining PUCCH resources is similar to that of the FDDsystem, and, for example, in (c), PUCCH resource 0 and PUCCH resource 1(h0 and h1) are resources associated in a one-to-one correspondence withthe top CCE index and the next index (n_(CCE) and n_(CCE)+1) occupied bythe PDCCH indicating PCell PDSCH, and PUCCH resource 2 and PUCCHresource 3 (h2 and h3) are resources selected by ARI indicated by PDCCHindicating SCell PDSCH.

However, there is a period (uncertainty period or misalignment period)during which the recognition as to the number of CCs configured in theterminal varies irrespective of whether the system is an FDD system orTDD system. The base station reports a message for reconfiguration tothe terminal to change the number of CCs, and upon receiving the report,the terminal recognizes that the number of CCs has been changed andreports a message indicating completion of reconfiguration of the numberof CCs to the base station. The existence of a period of time duringwhich there is a difference in the recognition of the number of CCsconfigured in the terminal is attributable to the fact that it is notuntil the base station receives the report that the base stationrecognizes that the number of CCs configured in the terminal has beenchanged.

For example, when the terminal recognizes that the number of CCsconfigured is 1, while the base station recognizes that the number ofCCs configured in the terminal is 2, the terminal sends a responsesignal corresponding to the data received by the terminal using mappingof error detection result patterns corresponding to one CC. On the otherhand, the base station determines a response signal from the terminalcorresponding to the data sent to the terminal using mapping of errordetection result patterns corresponding to two CCs.

In the case of one CC, mapping of error detection result patterns forone CC used for the LTE system is used to secure backward compatibilitywith the LTE system (hereinafter, may also be described as “LTEfallback”). When one CC is one-CW processing, ACK is BPSK-mapped tophase point (−1, 0) and NACK is BPSK-mapped to phase point (1, 0)(hereinafter may be expressed as “fallback to Format1a”). When one CC istwo-CW processing, ACK/ACK is QPSK-mapped to phase point (−1, 0),ACK/NACK is QPSK-mapped to phase point (0, 1), NACK/ACK is QPSK-mappedto phase point (0, −1) and NACK/NACK is QPSK-mapped to phase point (1,0) (hereinafter may be expressed as “fallback to Format1b”).

To be more specific, when the terminal recognizes that the number of CCsis one, while the base station recognizes that the number of CCsconfigured in the terminal is two, a case will be described as anexample where the base station uses two CCs, and sends to the terminal,data with one CW for PCell and one CW for SCell. Since the terminalrecognizes that the number of CCs configured is one, the terminalreceives only PCell. Upon succeeding in receiving downlink data inPCell, the terminal uses phase point (−1, 0) in a PUCCH resource (PUCCHresource 0) in the uplink component carrier associated(implicit-signaled) in a one-to-one correspondence with the top CCEindex of the CCE occupied by the PDCCH indicating the PCell PDSCH. Onthe other hand, since the base station recognizes that the number of CCsconfigured in the terminal is two, the base station determines aresponse signal using the mapping in FIG. 6A. That is, the base stationcan determine, from phase point (−1, 0) of PUCCH resources 0, that oneCW of PCell is ACK and one CW of SCell is NACK or DTX. Similarly, whenthe terminal fails to receive downlink data in PCell, the terminal needsto perform mapping to phase point (1, 0).

The same applies to a case where the recognition by the terminal and thebase station is opposite to that in the above-described example. Thatis, when the terminal recognizes that the number of CCs configured istwo while the base station recognizes that the number of CCs configuredis one, this is a case where the base station sends one-CW data in PCellto the terminal using one CC. Since the terminal recognizes that thenumber of CCs configured is two, the terminal receives PCell and SCell.When the terminal succeeds in receiving downlink data in PCell, the basestation expects the PUCCH resource (PUCCH resource 0) in an uplinkcomponent carrier associated (implicit-signaled) in a one-to-onecorrespondence with the top CCE index of CCEs occupied by the PDCCHindicating the PDSCH in PCell to receive phase point (−1, 0). Therefore,even if the terminal recognizes that the number of CCs is two, when oneCW of PCell is ACK and SCell is DTX, the terminal needs to performmapping to phase point (−1, 0) of PUCCH resource 0 as shown in FIG. 6A.Similarly, when the terminal fails to receive downlink data in PCell,the terminal needs to perform mapping to phase point (1, 0).

Thus, even when the recognition of the number of CCs configured in theterminal differs between the base station and the terminal, it isnecessary to be able to correctly determine response signals of PCelland SCell (hereinafter, may also be expressed as “supporting LTEfallback”) and FDD mapping supports fallback to Format1a when PCell isset to a transmission mode that supports only downlink one-CWtransmission and supports fallback to Format1b when PCell is set to atransmission mode that supports up to downlink two-CW transmission. TDDmapping always supports fallback to Format1a.

In general, when PCell and SCell are configured in the terminal, a band(cell) used by a base station having a wide coverage area is assumed tobe PCell and a band (cell) used by a base station having a narrowcoverage area is assumed to be SCell irrespective of whether the systemis an FDD system or a TDD system. LTE-Advanced assumes carrieraggregation among macro cells (macro eNBs) having a wide coverage area.For this reason, SCell for a certain terminal can be operated as PCellfor another terminal, and therefore even if each terminal always sendsPUCCH using PCell, it is possible to balance PUCCH overhead among macrocells.

LTE-Advanced further assumes carrier aggregation in a HetNet(Heterogeneous Network) environment that combines a macro cell having alarge coverage area covered by macro eNB and a picocell having a smallcoverage area covered by a pico eNB as shown in FIG. 8. In this case,for many terminals, a band (CC) used by a macro cell having a largecoverage is operated as PCell and a band (CC) used by a picocell havinga narrow coverage is operated as SCell. That is, since there are manyterminals that operate the macro cell shown in FIG. 8 as PCell, there isa concern that PUCCH overhead in the macro cell may increase as thenumber of terminals increases or downlink data communication interminals increases. In a HetNet environment, the distance between aterminal and pico eNB is generally smaller than the distance between aterminal and macro eNB. Therefore, transmitting PUCCH to pico eNB whichhas a smaller distance from the terminal is advantageous in terms of areduction of transmission power in the terminal and reduction ofinterference with other terminals.

In view of the above-described circumstances, in carrier aggregation ina HetNet environment, there is a high possibility that PUCCHtransmission needs to be performed using SCell rather than PCell.

Since performing PUCCH transmission using SCell presupposes that carrieraggregation be configured, the terminal is assumed to make a connectionusing PCell (performs PUCCH transmission using PCell for that purpose)first and perform operation of switching between CCs (PUCCH transmissioncells) through which PUCCH is transmitted from PCell to SCell based onan instruction from the base station.

As the method of switching between PUCCH transmission cells, two methodsmay be used. One is a configuration-based method and the other is anassignment-based method.

The configuration-based method is a method whereby PUCCH transmissioncells are switched through RRC signaling by a base station.

The assignment-based method is a method whereby PUCCH transmission cellsare switched in accordance with a combination of cells to which a basestation assigns a downlink data channel (PDSCH). For this reason, PUCCHtransmission cells dynamically vary in subframe units. For example, whenonly PDSCH is assigned in PCell, PUCCH is transmitted using PCell tosecure mobility of the terminal. On the other hand, when only PDSCH isassigned in SCell, PUCCH is transmitted using SCell to reduce PUCCHoverhead, PUCCH transmission power and interference. When PDSCHs aresimultaneously assigned in PCell and SCell, PUCCH is transmitted usingPCell or SCell depending on the purpose.

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SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

As described above, according to the assignment-based PUCCH transmissioncell switching method, PUCCH transmission cells are switched inaccordance with a combination of cells to which the base station assignsa downlink data channel (PDSCH).

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of a case where a terminal transmits PUCCHusing PCell when only PDSCH of PCell is assigned, transmits PUCCH usingSCell when only PDSCH of SCell is assigned and transmits PUCCH usingPCell or SCell when PDSCHs are simultaneously assigned in PCell andSCell.

In the operation example as shown in FIG. 9, for example, in FIG. 6C orStep3 in FIG. 7, PUCCH resources 0 and 1 (h0 and h1) become PUCCHresources in PCell and PUCCH resources 2 and 3 (h2 and h3) become PUCCHresources in SCell.

Therefore, when the base station simultaneously assigns PDSCHs in PCelland SCell, the terminal selects PUCCH resources based on a mapping ruleshown in FIG. 6C or Step3 in FIG. 7, and therefore the base stationcannot know a cell (CC), a PUCCH resource of which is used to transmitan error detection result. Thus, the base station needs to detect bothPUCCHs of PCell and SCell and detect which cell (CC) is used by theterminal to transmit the error detection result based on a comparison inreceiving power of PUCCH.

However, since communication paths (channel environment) are differentbetween PCell and SCell, channel states are also different. Thus, evenif transmission power control is performed appropriately in both cellsof PCell and SCell, receiving quality of PUCCH differs between PCell andSCell due to a fluctuation in the channel states. As a result,comparison of receiving power of PUCCH is not performed correctly in thebase station and it is not possible to detect error detection results(ACK/NACK) correctly. That is, ACK/NACK detection is performed acrossPCell and SCell, which causes accuracy deterioration in ACK/NACKdetection.

An object of the present invention is to provide, when ARQ is applied tocommunication using a plurality of downlink component carriers and aplurality of uplink component carriers and when uplink componentcarriers that transmit uplink control information are switched, aterminal apparatus and a transmission method capable of reducingdeterioration in detection accuracy of uplink control information in abase station, by reducing the possibility that uplink controlinformation in the base station may be detected by a plurality of uplinkcomponent carriers while avoiding inconsistency of recognition betweenthe base station and the terminal in the middle of switching of thenumber of downlink component carriers configured.

Solution to Problem

A terminal apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention isa terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatususing a plurality of component carriers, the terminal apparatusincluding: a generating section that generates a response signal usingan error detection result of each piece of downlink data transmittedusing the plurality of component carriers; and a control section thattransmits the response signal using an uplink control channel based on amapping rule, in which: the mapping rule associates a pattern candidateof the error detection result with a plurality of resources of theuplink control channel used for transmission of the response signal andphase points in each resource; a first resource among the plurality ofresources is associated with at least a first pattern candidate in whicha pattern of a specific error detection result corresponding to downlinkdata of a first component carrier is identical to a pattern of an errordetection result when communication with the base station apparatus isperformed using only the first component carrier, and all errordetection results other than the specific error detection result areNACK or DTX; a phase point associated with the first pattern candidateis identical to a phase point associated with an error detection resultpattern when communication with the base station apparatus is performedusing only the first component carrier; and at least the first resourceamong the plurality of resources is allocated for the first componentcarrier.

A transmission method according to an aspect of the present invention isa transmission method for a terminal apparatus that communicates with abase station apparatus using a plurality of component carriers, themethod including: generating a response signal using an error detectionresult of each piece of downlink data transmitted using the plurality ofcomponent carriers; and transmitting the response signal using an uplinkcontrol channel based on a mapping rule; in which: the mapping ruleassociates a pattern candidate of the error detection result with aplurality of resources of the uplink control channel used fortransmission of the response signal and phase points in each resource; afirst resource among the plurality of resources is associated with atleast a first pattern candidate in which a pattern of a specific errordetection result corresponding to downlink data of a first componentcarrier is identical to an error detection result pattern whencommunication with the base station apparatus is performed using onlythe first component carrier, and all error detection results other thanthe specific error detection result are NACK or DTX; a phase pointassociated with the first pattern candidate is identical to a phasepoint associated with an error detection result pattern whencommunication with the base station apparatus is performed using onlythe first component carrier; and at least the first resource among theplurality of resources is allocated for the first component carrier.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to the present invention, when ARQ is applied to communicationusing a plurality of downlink component carriers and a plurality ofuplink component carriers and when uplink component carriers thattransmit uplink control information are switched, it is possible toprevent deterioration in detection accuracy of uplink controlinformation in a base station by reducing the possibility that aplurality of uplink component carriers may detect uplink controlinformation in the base station while preventing inconsistency ofrecognition between the base station and terminals in the middle ofswitching of the number of downlink component carriers configured.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a method of spreading response signalsand reference signals;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation related to a case whereTDM is applied to response signals and uplink data on PUSCH resources;

FIG. 3 is a diagram provided for describing a UL-DL configuration inTDD;

FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams provided for describing asymmetric carrieraggregation and a control sequence applied to individual terminals;

FIG. 5 is a diagram provided for describing channel selection;

FIGS. 6A to 6C are diagrams provided for describing a mapping method inFDD;

FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams provided for describing a bundling methodand a mapping method in TDD;

FIG. 8 is a diagram provided for describing carrier aggregation in aHetNet environment;

FIG. 9 is a diagram provided for describing a terminal operationcorresponding to PDSCH assignment in each cell;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of aterminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a basestation according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the terminalaccording to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a diagram provided for describing a probability of occurrenceof each ACK/NACK and PUCCH resources according to Embodiment 1 of thepresent invention;

FIG. 14 is a diagram provided for describing a probability of occurrenceof each ACK/NACK according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a diagram provided for describing a probability of occurrenceof each ACK/NACK and PUCCH resources according to Embodiment 2 of thepresent invention;

FIG. 16 is a diagram provided for describing a probability of occurrenceof each ACK/NACK and PUCCH resources according to Embodiment 3 of thepresent invention; and

FIG. 17 is a diagram provided for describing a probability of occurrenceof each ACK/NACK and PUCCH resources according to Embodiment 4 of thepresent invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the claimed invention will be described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Throughout theembodiments, the same elements are assigned the same reference numeralsand any duplicate description of the elements is omitted.

Embodiment 1

A communication system according to the present embodiment is, forexample, an LTE-A system and includes base station 100 and terminal 200.Base station 100 is, for example, a base station compliant with theLTE-A system and terminal 200 is, for example, a terminal compliant withthe LTE-A system.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of terminal200 according to the present embodiment.

Terminal 200 shown in FIG. 10 communicates with base station 100 using aplurality of CCs. In terminal 200, response signal generating section212 generates a response signal using an error detection result of eachpiece of downlink data transmitted by a plurality of CCs and controlsection 208 transmits the response signal using an uplink controlchannel based on a mapping rule.

According to the above-described mapping rule, pattern candidates oferror detection results are associated with a plurality of resources ofan uplink control channel used for transmission of a response signal anda phase point in each resource, a first resource among the plurality ofresources is associated with at least a specific pattern candidate inwhich a pattern of a specific error detection result corresponding todownlink data of a first component carrier is identical to the errordetection result pattern when communicating with base station 100 usingonly the first component carrier (that is, operation compliant with theLTE system) and all error detection results other than the specificerror detection result are NACK or DTX, a phase point with which thespecific pattern candidate is associated is identical to the phase pointwith which the error detection result pattern when communicating withbase station 100 using only the first component carrier is associated,and at least the first resource among the above-described plurality ofresources is arranged in the first component carrier (e.g., PCell).

(Configuration of Base Station)

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of base station 100 according toEmbodiment 1 of the claimed invention. In FIG. 11, base station 100includes control section 101, control information generating section102, coding section 103, modulation section 104, coding section 105,data transmission controlling section 106, modulation section 107,mapping section 108, inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) section 109,CP adding section 110, radio transmitting section 111, radio receivingsection 112, CP removing section 113, PUCCH extracting section 114,despreading section 115, sequence controlling section 116, correlationprocessing section 117, A/N determining section 118, bundled A/Ndespreading section 119, inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT)section 120, bundled A/N determining section 121 and retransmissioncontrol signal generating section 122.

Control section 101 assigns a downlink resource for transmitting controlinformation (i.e., downlink control information assignment resource) anda downlink resource for transmitting downlink data (i.e., downlink dataassignment resource) for a resource assignment target terminal(hereinafter, referred to as “destination terminal” or simply“terminal”) 200.

This resource assignment is performed in a downlink component carrierincluded in a component carrier group configured for resource assignmenttarget terminal 200. In addition, the downlink control informationassignment resource is selected from among the resources correspondingto downlink control channel (i.e., PDCCH) in each downlink componentcarrier. Moreover, the downlink data assignment resource is selectedfrom among the resources corresponding to downlink data channel (i.e.,PDSCH) in each downlink component carrier. In addition, when there are aplurality of resource assignment target terminals 200, control section101 assigns different resources to resource assignment target terminals200, respectively.

The downlink control information assignment resources are equivalent toL1/L2 CCH described above. More specifically, the downlink controlinformation assignment resources are each formed of one or a pluralityof CCEs.

Control section 101 determines the coding rate used for transmittingcontrol information to resource assignment target terminal 200. The datasize of the control information varies depending on the coding rate.Thus, control section 101 assigns a downlink control informationassignment resource having the number of CCEs that allows the controlinformation having this data size to be mapped to the resource.

Control section 101 outputs information on the downlink data assignmentresource to control information generating section 102. Moreover,control section 101 outputs information on the coding rate to codingsection 103. In addition, control section 101 determines and outputs thecoding rate of transmission data (i.e., downlink data) to coding section105. Moreover, control section 101 outputs information on the downlinkdata assignment resource and downlink control information assignmentresource to mapping section 108. However, control section 101 controlsthe assignment in such a way that the downlink data and downlink controlinformation for the downlink data are mapped to the same downlinkcomponent carrier.

Control information generating section 102 generates and outputs controlinformation including the information on the downlink data assignmentresource to coding section 103. This control information is generatedfor each downlink component carrier. In addition, when there are aplurality of resource assignment target terminals 200, the controlinformation includes the terminal ID of each destination terminal 200 inorder to distinguish resource assignment target terminals 200 from oneanother. For example, the control information includes CRC bits maskedby the terminal ID of destination terminal 200. This control informationmay be referred to as “control information carrying downlink assignment”or “downlink control information (DCI).”

Coding section 103 encodes the control information using the coding ratereceived from control section 101 and outputs the coded controlinformation to modulation section 104.

Modulation section 104 modulates the coded control information andoutputs the resultant modulation signals to mapping section 108.

Coding section 105 uses the transmission data (i.e., downlink data) foreach destination terminal 200 and the coding rate information fromcontrol section 101 as input and encodes and outputs the transmissiondata to data transmission controlling section 106. However, when aplurality of downlink component carriers are assigned to destinationterminal 200, coding section 105 encodes each piece of transmission datato be transmitted on a corresponding one of the downlink componentcarriers and transmits the coded pieces of transmission data to datatransmission controlling section 106.

Data transmission controlling section 106 outputs the coded transmissiondata to modulation section 107 and also keeps the coded transmissiondata at the initial transmission. In addition, data transmissioncontrolling section 106 keeps the transmission data for one destinationterminal 200 for each downlink component carrier on which thetransmission data is transmitted. Thus, it is possible to perform notonly retransmission control for overall data transmitted to destinationterminal 200, but also retransmission control for data on each downlinkcomponent carrier.

Furthermore, upon reception of a NACK or DTX for downlink datatransmitted on a certain downlink component carrier from retransmissioncontrol signal generating section 122, data transmission controllingsection 106 outputs the data kept in the manner described above andcorresponding to this downlink component carrier to modulation section107. Upon reception of an ACK for the downlink data transmitted on acertain downlink component carrier from retransmission control signalgenerating section 122, data transmission controlling section 106deletes the data kept in the manner described above and corresponding tothis downlink component carrier.

Modulation section 107 modulates the coded transmission data receivedfrom data transmission controlling section 106 and outputs the resultantmodulation signals to mapping section 108.

Mapping section 108 maps the modulation signals of the controlinformation received from modulation section 104 to the resourceindicated by the downlink control information assignment resourcereceived from control section 101 and outputs the resultant modulationsignals to IFFT section 109.

Mapping section 108 maps the modulation signals of the transmission datareceived from modulation section 107 to the resource (i.e., PDSCH (i.e.,downlink data channel)) indicated by the downlink data assignmentresource received from control section 101 (i.e., information includedin the control information) and outputs the resultant modulation signalsto IFFT section 109.

The control information and transmission data mapped to a plurality ofsubcarriers in a plurality of downlink component carriers in mappingsection 108 is transformed into time-domain signals fromfrequency-domain signals in IFFT section 109, and CP adding section 110adds a CP to the time-domain signals to form OFDM signals. The OFDMsignals undergo transmission processing such as digital to analog (D/A)conversion, amplification and up-conversion and/or the like in radiotransmitting section 111 and are transmitted to terminal 200 via anantenna.

Radio receiving section 112 receives, via an antenna, the uplinkresponse signals or reference signals transmitted from terminal 200, andperforms reception processing such as down-conversion, A/D conversionand/or the like on the uplink response signals or reference signals.

CP removing section 113 removes the CP added to the uplink responsesignals or reference signals from the uplink response signals orreference signals that have undergone the reception processing.

PUCCH extracting section 114 extracts, from the PUCCH signals includedin the received signals, the signals in the PUCCH region correspondingto the bundled ACK/NACK resource previously indicated to terminal 200.The bundled ACK/NACK resource herein refers to a resource used fortransmission of the bundled ACK/NACK signals and adopting the DFT-S-OFDMformat structure. More specifically, PUCCH extracting section 114extracts the data part of the PUCCH region corresponding to the bundledACK/NACK resource (i.e., SC-FDMA symbols on which the bundled ACK/NACKresource is assigned) and the reference signal part of the PUCCH region(i.e., SC-FDMA symbols on which the reference signals for demodulatingthe bundled ACK/NACK signals are assigned). PUCCH extracting section 114outputs the extracted data part to bundled A/N despreading section 119and outputs the reference signal part to despreading section 115-1.

In addition, PUCCH extracting section 114 extracts, from the PUCCHsignals included in the received signals, a plurality of PUCCH regionscorresponding to an A/N resource associated with a CCE that has beenoccupied by the PDCCH used for transmission of the downlink assignmentcontrol information (DCI), and corresponding to a plurality of A/Nresources previously indicated to terminal 200. The A/N resource hereinrefers to the resource to be used for transmission of an A/N. Morespecifically, PUCCH extracting section 114 extracts the data part of thePUCCH region corresponding to the A/N resource (i.e., SC-FDMA symbols onwhich the uplink control signals are assigned) and the reference signalpart of the PUCCH region (i.e., SC-FDMA symbols on which the referencesignals for demodulating the uplink control signals are assigned). PUCCHextracting section 114 outputs both of the extracted data part andreference signal part to despreading section 115-2. In this manner, theresponse signals are received on the resource selected from the PUCCHresource associated with the CCE and the specific PUCCH resourcepreviously indicated to terminal 200. A specific method of extractingA/N resources (PUCCH resources) will be described later.

Sequence controlling section 116 generates a base sequence that may beused for spreading each of the A/N reported from terminal 200, thereference signals for the A/N, and the reference signals for the bundledACK/NACK signals (i.e., length-12 ZAC sequence). In addition, sequencecontrolling section 116 identifies a correlation window corresponding toa resource on which the reference signals may be assigned (hereinafter,referred to as “reference signal resource”) in PUCCH resources that maybe used by terminal 200. Sequence controlling section 116 outputs theinformation indicating the correlation window corresponding to thereference signal resource on which the reference signals may be assignedin bundled ACK/NACK resources and the base sequence to correlationprocessing section 117-1. Sequence controlling section 116 outputs theinformation indicating the correlation window corresponding to thereference signal resource and the base sequence to correlationprocessing section 117-1. In addition, sequence controlling section 116outputs the information indicating the correlation window correspondingto the A/N resources on which an A/N and the reference signals for theA/N are assigned and the base sequence to correlation processing section117-2.

Despreading section 115-1 and correlation processing section 117-1perform processing on the reference signals extracted from the PUCCHregion corresponding to the bundled ACK/NACK resource.

More specifically, despreading section 115-1 despreads the referencesignal part using a Walsh sequence to be used in secondary-spreading forthe reference signals of the bundled ACK/NACK resource by terminal 200and outputs the despread signals to correlation processing section117-1.

Correlation processing section 117-1 uses the information indicating thecorrelation window corresponding to the reference signal resource andthe base sequence and thereby finds a correlation value between thesignals received from despreading section 115-1 and the base sequencethat may be used in primary-spreading in terminal 200. Correlationprocessing section 117-1 outputs the correlation value to bundled A/Ndetermining section 121.

Despreading section 115-2 and correlation processing section 117-2perform processing on the reference signals and A/Ns extracted from theplurality of PUCCH regions corresponding to the plurality of A/Nresources.

More specifically, despreading section 115-2 despreads the data part andreference signal part using a Walsh sequence and a DFT sequence to beused in secondary-spreading for the data part and reference signal partof each of the A/N resources by terminal 200, and outputs the despreadsignals to correlation processing section 117-2.

Correlation processing section 117-2 uses the information indicating thecorrelation window corresponding to each of the A/N resources and thebase sequence and thereby finds a correlation value between the signalsreceived from despreading section 115-2 and a base sequence that may beused in primary-spreading by terminal 200. Correlation processingsection 117-2 outputs each correlation value to A/N determining section118.

A/N determining section 118 determines, on the basis of the plurality ofcorrelation values received from correlation processing section 117-2,which of the A/N resources is used to transmit the signals from terminal200 or none of the A/N resources is used. When determining that thesignals are transmitted using one of the A/N resources from terminal200, A/N determining section 118 performs coherent detection using acomponent corresponding to the reference signals and a componentcorresponding to the A/N and outputs the result of coherent detection toretransmission control signal generating section 122. Meanwhile, whendetermining that terminal 200 uses none of the A/N resources, A/Ndetermining section 118 outputs the determination result indicating thatnone of the A/N resources is used to retransmission control signalgenerating section 122.

Bundled A/N despreading section 119 despreads, using a DFT sequence, thebundled ACK/NACK signals corresponding to the data part of the bundledACK/NACK resource received from PUCCH extracting section 114 and outputsthe despread signals to IDFT section 120.

IDFT section 120 transforms the bundled ACK/NACK signals in thefrequency-domain received from bundled A/N despreading section 119 intotime-domain signals by IDFT processing and outputs the bundled ACK/NACKsignals in the time-domain to bundled A/N determining section 121.

Bundled A/N determining section 121 demodulates the bundled ACK/NACKsignals corresponding to the data part of the bundled ACK/NACK resourcereceived from IDFT section 120, using the reference signal informationon the bundled ACK/NACK signals that is received from correlationprocessing section 117-1. In addition, bundled A/N determination section121 decodes the demodulated bundled ACK/NACK signals and outputs theresult of decoding to retransmission control signal generating section122 as the bundled A/N information. However, when the correlation valuereceived from correlation processing section 117-1 is smaller than athreshold, and bundled A/N determining section 121 thus determines thatterminal 200 does not use any bundled A/N resource to transmit thesignals, bundled A/N determining section 121 outputs the result ofdetermination to retransmission control signal generating section 122.

Retransmission control signal generating section 122 determines whetheror not to retransmit the data transmitted on the downlink componentcarrier (i.e., downlink data) on the basis of the information inputtedfrom bundled A/N determining section 121 and the information inputtedfrom A/N determining section 118 and generates retransmission controlsignals based on the result of determination. More specifically, whendetermining that downlink data transmitted on a certain downlinkcomponent carrier needs to be retransmitted, retransmission controlsignal generating section 122 generates retransmission control signalsindicating a retransmission command for the downlink data and outputsthe retransmission control signals to data transmission controllingsection 106. In addition, when determining that the downlink datatransmitted on a certain downlink component carrier does not need to beretransmitted, retransmission control signal generating section 122generates retransmission control signals indicating not to retransmitthe downlink data transmitted on the downlink component carrier andoutputs the retransmission control signals to data transmissioncontrolling section 106.

(Configuration of Terminal)

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of terminal 200according to Embodiment 1. In FIG. 12, terminal 200 includes radioreceiving section 201, CP removing section 202, fast Fourier transform(FFT) section 203, extraction section 204, demodulation section 205,decoding section 206, determination section 207, control section 208,demodulation section 209, decoding section 210, CRC section 211,response signal generating section 212, coding and modulation section213, primary-spreading sections 214-1 and 214-2, secondary-spreadingsections 215-1 and 215-2, DFT section 216, spreading section 217, IFFTsections 218-1, 218-2 and 218-3, CP adding sections 219-1, 219-2 and219-3, time-multiplexing section 220, selection section 221 and radiotransmitting section 222.

Radio receiving section 201 receives, via an antenna, OFDM signalstransmitted from base station 100 and performs reception processing suchas down-conversion, A/D conversion and/or the like on the received OFDMsignals. It should be noted that, the received OFDM signals includePDSCH signals assigned to a resource in a PDSCH (i.e., downlink data),or PDCCH signals assigned to a resource in a PDCCH.

CP removing section 202 removes a CP that has been added to the OFDMsignals from the OFDM signals that have undergone the receptionprocessing.

FFT section 203 transforms the received OFDM signals intofrequency-domain signals by FFT processing and outputs the resultantreceived signals to extraction section 204.

Extraction section 204 extracts, from the received signals to bereceived from FFT section 203, downlink control channel signals (i.e.,PDCCH signals) in accordance with coding rate information to bereceived. More specifically, the number of CCEs (or R-CCEs) forming adownlink control information assignment resource varies depending on thecoding rate. Thus, extraction section 204 uses the number of CCEs thatcorresponds to the coding rate as units of extraction processing, andextracts downlink control channel signals. In addition, the downlinkcontrol channel signals are extracted for each downlink componentcarrier. The extracted downlink control channel signals are outputted todemodulation section 205.

Extraction section 204 extracts downlink data (i.e., downlink datachannel signals (i.e., PDSCH signals)) from the received signals on thebasis of information on the downlink data assignment resource intendedfor terminal 200 to be received from determination section 207 to bedescribed, hereinafter, and outputs the downlink data to demodulationsection 209. As described above, extraction section 204 receives thedownlink assignment control information (i.e., DCI) mapped to the PDCCHand receives the downlink data on the PDSCH.

Demodulation section 205 demodulates the downlink control channelsignals received from extraction section 204 and outputs the obtainedresult of demodulation to decoding section 206.

Decoding section 206 decodes the result of demodulation received fromdemodulation section 205 in accordance with the received coding rateinformation and outputs the obtained result of decoding to determinationsection 207.

Determination section 207 performs blind-determination (i.e.,monitoring) to find out whether or not the control information includedin the result of decoding received from decoding section 206 is thecontrol information intended for terminal 200. This determination ismade in units of decoding results corresponding to the units ofextraction processing. For example, determination section 207 demasksthe CRC bits by the terminal ID of terminal 200 and determines that thecontrol information resulted in CRC=OK (no error) as the controlinformation intended for terminal 200. Determination section 207 outputsinformation on the downlink data assignment resource intended forterminal 200, which is included in the control information intended forterminal 200, to extraction section 204.

In addition, when detecting the control information (i.e., downlinkassignment control information) intended for terminal 200, determinationsection 207 informs control section 208 that ACK/NACK signals will begenerated (or are present). Moreover, when detecting the controlinformation intended for terminal 200 from PDCCH signals, determinationsection 207 outputs information on a CCE that has been occupied by thePDCCH to control section 208.

Control section 208 identifies the A/N resource associated with the CCEon the basis of the information on the CCE received from determinationsection 207. Control section 208 outputs, to primary-spreading section214-1, a base sequence and a cyclic shift value corresponding to the A/Nresource associated with the CCE or the A/N resource previouslyindicated by base station 100, and also outputs a Walsh sequence and aDFT sequence corresponding to the A/N resource to secondary-spreadingsection 215-1. In addition, control section 208 outputs the frequencyresource information on the A/N resource to IFFT section 218-1. Aspecific method of identifying A/N resources will be described later.

When determining to transmit bundled ACK/NACK signals using a bundledACK/NACK resource, control section 208 outputs the base sequence andcyclic shift value corresponding to the reference signal part (i.e.,reference signal resource) of the bundled ACK/NACK resource previouslyindicated by base station 100 to primary-despreading section 214-2 andoutputs a Walsh sequence to secondary-despreading section 215-2. Inaddition, control section 208 outputs the frequency resource informationon the bundled ACK/NACK resource to IFFT section 218-2.

Control section 208 outputs a DFT sequence used for spreading the datapart of the bundled ACK/NACK resource to spreading section 217 andoutputs the frequency resource information on the bundled ACK/NACKresource to IFFT section 218-3.

Control section 208 selects the bundled ACK/NACK resource or the A/Nresource and instructs selection section 221 to output the selectedresource to radio transmitting section 222. Moreover, control section208 instructs response signal generating section 212 to generate thebundled ACK/NACK signals or the ACK/NACK signals in accordance with theselected resource.

Demodulation section 209 demodulates the downlink data received fromextraction section 204 and outputs the demodulated downlink data todecoding section 210.

Decoding section 210 decodes the downlink data received fromdemodulation section 209 and outputs the decoded downlink data to CRCsection 211.

CRC section 211 performs error detection on the decoded downlink datareceived from decoding section 210, for each downlink component carrierusing CRC and outputs an ACK when CRC=OK (no error) or outputs a NACKwhen CRC=Not OK (error) to response signal generating section 212.Moreover, CRC section 211 outputs the decoded downlink data as thereceived data when CRC=OK (no error).

In 3GPP, operation is performed such that the probability of CRC=OK indownlink data is 90% and the probability of CRC=NG is 10%. However,since DTX is not the case and CRC=OK, the probability of ACK is0.99×0.90=0.891, namely, approximately 89%. Similarly, since DTX is notthe case and CRC=NG, the probability of NACK is 0.99×0.10=0.099, namely,approximately 10%.

Response signal generating section 212 generates response signals on thebasis of the reception condition of downlink data (i.e., result of errordetection on downlink data) on each downlink component carrier inputtedfrom CRC section 211 and information indicating a predetermined groupnumber. More specifically, when instructed to generate the bundledACK/NACK signals from control section 208, response signal generatingsection 212 generates the bundled ACK/NACK signals including the resultsof error detection for the respective component carriers as individualpieces of data. Meanwhile, when instructed to generate ACK/NACK signalsfrom control section 208, response signal generating section 212generates ACK/NACK signals of one symbol. Response signal generatingsection 212 outputs the generated response signals to coding andmodulation section 213.

Upon reception of the bundled ACK/NACK signals, coding and modulationsection 213 encodes and modulates the received bundled ACK/NACK signalsto generate the modulation signals of 12 symbols and outputs themodulation signals to DFT section 216. In addition, upon reception ofthe ACK/NACK signals of one symbol, coding and modulation section 213modulates the ACK/NACK signals and outputs the modulation signals toprimary-spreading section 214-1.

Primary-spreading sections 214-1 and 214-2 corresponding to the A/Nresources and reference signal resources of the bundled ACK/NACKresources spread the ACK/NACK signals or reference signals using thebase sequence corresponding to the resources in accordance with theinstruction from control section 208 and output the spread signals tosecondary-spreading sections 215-1 and 215-2.

Secondary-spreading sections 215-1 and 215-2 spread the receivedprimary-spread signals using a Walsh sequence or a DFT sequence inaccordance with an instruction from control section 208 and outputs thespread signals to IFFT sections 218-1 and 218-2.

DFT section 216 performs DFT processing on 12 time-series sets ofreceived bundled ACK/NACK signals to obtain 12 signal components in thefrequency-domain. DFT section 216 outputs the 12 signal components tospreading section 217.

Spreading section 217 spreads the 12 signal components received from DFTsection 216 using a DFT sequence indicated by control section 208 andoutputs the spread signal components to IFFT section 218-3.

IFFT sections 218-1, 218-2 and 218-3 perform IFFT processing on thereceived signals in association with the frequency positions where thesignals are to be allocated, in accordance with an instruction fromcontrol section 208. Accordingly, the signals inputted to IFFT sections218-1, 218-2 and 218-3 (i.e., ACK/NACK signals, the reference signals ofA/N resource, the reference signals of bundled ACK/NACK resource andbundled ACK/NACK signals) are transformed into time-domain signals.

CP adding sections 219-1, 219-2 and 219-3 add the same signals as thelast part of the signals obtained by IFFT processing to the beginning ofthe signals as a CP.

Time-multiplexing section 220 time-multiplexes the bundled ACK/NACKsignals received from CP adding section 219-3 (i.e., signals transmittedusing the data part of the bundled ACK/NACK resource) and the referencesignals of the bundled ACK/NACK resource to be received from CP addingsection 219-2 on the bundled ACK/NACK resource and outputs themultiplexed signals to selection section 221.

Selection section 221 selects one of the bundled ACK/NACK resourcereceived from time-multiplexing section 220 and the A/N resourcereceived from CP adding section 219-1 and outputs the signals assignedto the selected resource to radio transmitting section 222.

Radio transmitting section 222 performs transmission processing such asD/A conversion, amplification and up-conversion and/or the like on thesignals received from selection section 221 and transmits the resultantsignals to base station 100 via an antenna.

[Operations of Base Station 100 and Terminal 200]

Operations of base station 100 and terminal 200 having theabove-described configurations will be described.

In the present embodiment, a case will be described where in an FDDsystem, two downlink component carriers (PCell and SCell) are configuredin terminal 200 and Channel Selection is configured as an ACK/NACKreporting method. In addition, a case will be described as an examplewhere a transmission mode supporting up to downlink two-CW transmissionis configured in each downlink component carrier (FIG. 6C (4-bitmapping)).

Suppose that the probability of ACK is 89%, the probability of NACK is10% and the probability of DTX is 1%. In this case, when base station100 assigns PDSCHs of both PCell and SCell in FIG. 6C, the probabilityof occurrence of each combination of ACK/NACK/DTX (Possibility[%]) andthe probability that each PUCCH resource will be used (SUM[%]) are shownin FIG. 13.

As shown in FIG. 13, it is obvious that the probability that PUCCHresources 0 (h0) may be used among respective PUCCH resources is aslowest as 1.97%. This is attributable to the fact that with PUCCHresource 0, the error detection results (b2, b3) corresponding to SCellPDSCHs are always NACK or DTX which corresponds to the lowestprobability of occurrence.

When arranged in PCell, PUCCH resource 0 is a PUCCH resourcecorresponding to an ACK/NACK combination that supports LTE fallback.That is, a specific ACK/NACK pattern corresponding to PCell PDSCHs isidentical to an ACK/NACK pattern of the terminal compliant with the LTEsystem (when communicating with base station 100 using only PCell), andonly a pattern candidate in which all ACK/NACKs other than the specificACK/NACK pattern are NACK or DTX is associated with PUCCH resource 0.With PUCCH resource 0, a phase point with which the specific patterncandidate is associated is identical to a phase point with which anACK/NACK pattern of the terminal compliant with the LTE system (whencommunicating with base station 100 using only PCell) is associated.

More specifically, when allocated for PCell, PUCCH resource 0 is a PUCCHresource of PCell associated in a one-to-one correspondence with the topCCE index (n_(CCE)) of the CCEs occupied by the PDCCH indicating thePCell PDSCH (PDCCH received by PCell).

Thus, as shown in FIG. 13, the present embodiment assumes only PUCCHresource 0 (h0) corresponding to an ACK/NACK combination supporting LTEfallback to be a PUCCH resource in PCell and assumes PUCCH resources 1to 3 (h1 to h3) corresponding to other ACK/NACK combinations to be PUCCHresources in SCell. In other words, the present embodiment assumes onlyPUCCH resource 0 associated in a one-to-one correspondence with the topCCE index (n_(CCE)) of the CCEs occupied by the PDCCH indicating PDSCHin PCell to be a PUCCH resource in PCell.

That is, the present embodiment (FIG. 13) switches a PUCCH transmissioncell between PCell and SCell depending on whether the ACK/NACKcombination supports LTE fallback or not. That is, terminal 200 (controlsection 208) identifies PUCCH resources (A/N resources) to be used fortransmission of ACK/NACK based on the mapping rule shown in FIG. 13.Similarly, base station 100 (PUCCH extracting section 114 and A/Ndetermining section 118) identifies PUCCH resources to be used forresponse signals transmitted from terminal 200 and an error detectionresult of each component carrier indicated by the response signal basedon the mapping rule shown in FIG. 13.

Thus, LTE fallback can be supported by arranging PUCCH resourcescorresponding to ACK/NACK combinations supporting at least LTE fallbackin PCell. As with the present embodiment, the FDD system can supportfallback to Format1a or Format1b. That is, when terminal 200 detectsonly PDCCH indicating a PCell PDSCH, terminal 200 reports the errordetection result to base station 100 using PUCCH resources associated ina one-to-one correspondence with top CCE index n_(CCE) of the PDCCH, andcan thereby report the error detection result corresponding to at leastPCell PDSCH even for a period during which recognition of theconfiguration of the number of CCs differs between base station 100 andterminal 200 without any inconsistency between base station 100 andterminal 200.

Alternatively, in FIG. 13, it is also possible to express that a PUCCHtransmission cell is switched between SCell and PCell depending onwhether all the error detection results (b2, b3) of SCell are NACK orDTX (N/D). More specifically, PUCCH resource 0 allocated for PCell isassociated with an ACK/NACK pattern candidate for which all the errordetection results of SCell are NACK or DTX and one of PUCCH resources 1to 3 allocated for SCell is used when at least one ACK is included asthe error detection results of SCell.

By so doing, it is possible to prevent accuracy deterioration inACK/NACK detection when base station 100 detects ACK/NACK across PCelland SCell.

More specifically, when base station 100 assigns PDSCHs of both PCelland SCell to terminal 200, the possibility that ACK/NACK in PCell may bereported by PUCCH resources 1 to 3 in SCell is as high as 98.01%,whereas the possibility that ACK/NACK in PCell may be reported by PUCCHresource 0 in PCell is as extremely low as 1.97%. In contrast, if PUCCHresources 0 and 1 are assumed to be PUCCH resources in PCell and PUCCHresources 2 and 3 are assumed to be PUCCH resources in SCell, theprobability that PUCCH resources in PCell may be used is 81.36%, whereasthe probability that PUCCH resources in SCell may be used is 18.62%.

That is, in the present embodiment, PUCCH resources having a highpossibility of being used are jointly arranged in SCell and theprobability that ACK/NACK may be detected in SCell becomes extremelyhigh. That is, the probability of occurrence of an ACK/NACK patterncandidate group associated with PUCCH resource 0 allocated for PCell islower than the probability of occurrence of an ACK/NACK patterncandidate group associated with PUCCH resources 1 to 3 arranged inSCell.

Therefore, for example, base station 100 detects ACK/NACK using PUCCHresources 1 to 3 in SCell which has a high probability of being usedfirst. When ACK/NACK cannot be detected using PUCCH resources 1 to 3 inSCell (e.g., PUCCH receiving power in SCell is low), base station 100then detects ACK/NACK using PUCCH resource 0 in PCell having a lowprobability of being used.

That is, when ACK/NACK cannot be detected in SCell, base station 100 candetermine whether all the error detection results corresponding to SCellPDSCHs are NACK or DTX (N/D) without detecting ACK/NACK using PUCCHresource 0 in PCell. When ACK/NACK cannot be detected in SCell, basestation 100 detects ACK/NACK using PUCCH resource 0 in PCell, and canthereby determine the error detection results corresponding to PCellPDSCHs.

Thus, base station 100 reduces the possibility of detecting ACK/NACKusing a plurality of uplink component carriers (here, PCell and SCell),and can thereby prevent accuracy deterioration in ACK/NACK detectioncaused by differences in a channel environment between componentcarriers.

When base station 100 assigns only PCell PDSCHs, ACK/NACKs correspondingto the PCell PDSCHs are always reported using PUCCH resource 0 in PCell.Thus, even when terminal 200 goes out of SCell having a smaller coverageas terminal 200 moves, it is possible to continue communication in PCellhaving a large coverage. That is, it is possible to secure mobility inPCell.

As described above, the present embodiment assumes only PUCCH resource 0that supports LTE fallback to be a PUCCH resource in PCell and assumesPUCCH resource 1 to PUCCH resource 3 other than PUCCH resource 0 to bePUCCH resources in SCell. By so doing, it is possible to support LTEfallback without increasing the number of PUCCH resources to be used.

Furthermore, the present embodiment assumes only PUCCH resource 0corresponding to an ACK/NACK combination for which all the SCell errordetection results (b2, b3) are NACK or DTX to be a PUCCH resource inPCell. By so doing, the probability of PUCCH resources in SCell beingused, that is, the probability of ACK/NACK being detected in SCellincreases. Thus, for example, when the base station detects ACK/NACKusing only SCell first, and can thereby determine error detectionresults corresponding to SCell PDSCHs without performing ACK/NACKdetection in PCell and reduce accuracy deterioration in ACK/NACKdetection.

Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, when only PCell PDSCHsare assigned, ACK/NACKs in PCell are always reported using PUCCHresource 0 in PCell, and it is thereby possible to secure mobility inPCell.

Embodiment 2

A case will be described in the present embodiment where two downlinkcomponent carriers (PCell and SCell) are configured in terminal 200 in aTDD system and Channel Selection is configured as an ACK/NACK reportingmethod. Moreover, a case will be described as an example where fourACK/NACK bits are configured to be transmitted (Step3 (4-bit mapping) inFIG. 7).

As with Embodiment 1, the present embodiment assumes the probability ofACK to be 89%, the probability of NACK to be 10% and the probability ofDTX to be 1%. In the case in Step3 in FIG. 7 where base station 100assigns PDSCHs of both PCell and SCell, the probability of occurrence ofeach combination of ACK/NACK/DTX (Possibility[%]) and the probabilitythat each PUCCH resource may be used (SUM[%]) are shown in FIG. 14.

With regard to PUCCH resource 0 (h0), together with a probability ofPUCCH resource 0 itself being used (8.78%), FIG. 14 also describes aprobability of occurrence (0.13%) combining “N, N/D, N/D, N/D” and “A,N/D, N/D, N/D” which are ACK/NACK combinations necessary to supportfallback to PUCCH Format1a (that is, ACK/NACK combinations in whichACK/NACK combinations other than the first CW of PCell become NACK orDTX), and a probability of occurrence (8.65%) of other ACK/NACKcombinations. With regard to PUCCH resource 1 (h1), together with aprobability of PUCCH resource 1 itself being used (71.79%), FIG. 14 alsodescribes a probability of occurrence (1.06%) combining “N/D, A, N/D,N/D” and “A, A, N/D, N/D” which are ACK/NACK combinations in whichACK/NACK combinations of SCell always become NACK or DTX, and aprobability of occurrence (70.73%) of other ACK/NACK combinations.

As shown in FIG. 15, the present embodiment assumes only PUCCH resource0 corresponding to ACK/NACK combinations supporting LTE fallback to be aPUCCH resource in PCell and assumes PUCCH resources 1 to 4 correspondingto other ACK/NACK combinations to be PUCCH resources in SCell.

That is, as with Embodiment 1 (FDD system), the present embodiment (FIG.15) switches PUCCH transmission cells between PCell and SCell dependingon whether an ACK/NACK combination supports LTE fallback or not.

In other words, only “N, N/D, N/D, N/D” and “A, N/D, N/D, N/D” aremapped to PUCCH resource 0 in PCell associated in a one-to-onecorrespondence with the top CCE index (n_(CCE)) of the CCEs occupied bythe PDCCH indicating the PCell PDSCH and other ACK/NACK combinations aremapped to PUCCH resources in SCell.

More specifically, in FIG. 15, “N, N/D, N/D, N/D” and “A, N/D, N/D, N/D”are mapped to PUCCH resource 0 (h0) in PCell and “A, N/D, N/D, A” and“A, A, N/D, A” are mapped to PUCCH resource 4 (h4) in SCell. Here, PUCCHresources 0 and 4 (h0, h4) shown in FIG. 15 correspond to PUCCH resource0 (h0) shown in FIG. 14 and Step3 in FIG. 7. That is, PUCCH resource 0(h0) shown in FIG. 15 corresponds to phase point ±1 of PUCCH resource 0(h0) shown in Step3 in FIG. 7 and PUCCH resource 4 (h4) shown in FIG. 15corresponds to phase point ±j of PUCCH resource 0 (h0) shown in Step3 inFIG. 7. That is, “N, N/D, N/D, N/D” and “A, N/D, N/D, N/D” which areACK/NACK combinations supporting LTE fallback are mapped to PUCCHresource 0 in PCell associated in a one-to-one correspondence with thetop CCE index (n_(CCE)) of the CCEs occupied by PDCCH indicating thePCell PDSCH. On the other hand, “A, N/D, N/D, A” and “A, A, N/D, A”which are ACK/NACK combinations supporting LTE fallback are mapped toPUCCH resource 4 in SCell. PUCCH resources 1 to 3 shown in FIG. 15 aresimilar to FIG. 14 and Step3 in FIG. 7.

Thus, as with Embodiment 1, LTE fallback can be supported by arrangingin PCell, PUCCH resources corresponding to ACK/NACK combinationssupporting at least LTE fallback. The TDD system as with the presentembodiment can support fallback to Format1a.

Moreover, as with Embodiment 1, base station 100 detects ACK/NACK acrossPCell and SCell, and can thereby prevent accuracy deterioration inACK/NACK detection.

More specifically, when base station 100 assigns PDSCHs of both PCelland SCell to terminal 200, the possibility that ACK/NACK of PCell may bereported by PUCCH resources 1 to 4 in SCell is as high as 99.86%,whereas the possibility that ACK/NACK of PCell may be reported by PUCCHresource 0 in PCell is as extremely low as 0.13%.

That is, as with Embodiment 1, compared to a case where PUCCH resources0 and 1 are assumed to be PUCCH resources in PCell (probability of use:81.36%) and PUCCH resources 2 and 3 are assumed to be PUCCH resources inSCell (probability of use: 18.62%), in the present embodiment, PUCCHresources having a high probability of use are arranged jointly inSCell, which makes extremely high the probability that ACK/NACK may bedetected in SCell.

Therefore, as with Embodiment 1, base station 100 detects ACK/NACK usingPUCCH resources 1 to 4 in SCell having a high probability of use first,and when ACK/NACK cannot be detected in SCell, base station 100 detectsACK/NACK using PUCCH resource 0 in PCell having a low probability ofuse.

Thus, when ACK/NACK detection is not possible in SCell, base station 100can determine that all error detection results corresponding to SCellPDSCHs are NACK or DTX (N/D) without detecting ACK/NACK using PUCCHresource 0 in PCell. When ACK/NACK detection is not possible in SCell,base station 100 detects ACK/NACK using PUCCH resource 0 in PCell, andcan thereby determine error detection results corresponding to PCellPDSCHs.

Thus, base station 100 reduces the possibility that ACK/NACK may bedetected using a plurality of uplink component carriers, and can therebyprevent accuracy deterioration in ACK/NACK detection due to differencesin a channel environment between component carriers as with Embodiment1.

As described above, in the TDD system, the present embodiment assumesonly PUCCH resource 0 supporting LTE fallback to be a PUCCH resource inPCell and assumes PUCCH resource 1 to PUCCH resource 4 other than PUCCHresource 0 to be PUCCH resources in SCell as with Embodiment 1 (FDDsystem). By so doing, it is possible to support LTE fallback and reducedeterioration in ACK/NACK detection accuracy.

Embodiment 3

As with Embodiment 2, a case will be described in the present embodimentwhere in a TDD system, two downlink component carriers (PCell and SCell)are configured in terminal 200 and Channel Selection is configured as anACK/NACK reporting method. Also a case will be described as an examplewhere four ACK/NACK bits are configured to be transmitted (case of Step3(4-bit mapping) in FIG. 7).

In Embodiment 2, when base station 100 assigns only PCell PDSCHs,ACK/NACKs in PCell are not always reported using PUCCH resource 0 inPCell. That is, ACK/NACKs in PCell can also be reported using PUCCHresource 4 in SCell. For this reason, when terminal 200 goes out ofSCell having a small coverage as terminal 200 moves, there may be a casewhere communication in PCell having a large coverage is not possible.That is, mobility in PCell cannot be secured in Embodiment 2. Thus, amethod for securing mobility in PCell will be described in the presentembodiment.

In order to secure mobility in PCell, it is necessary to report ACK/NACKcombinations for which all error detection results in SCell are NACK orDTX using only resources in PCell. That is, it is necessary to report,using resources in PCell, “N/D, A, N/D, N/D” and “A, A, N/D, N/D” inaddition to ACK/NACK combinations (“N, N/D, N/D, N/D” and “A, N/D, N/D,N/D”) supporting LTE fallback (fallback to Format1a in a TDD system).

Thus, as shown in FIG. 16, the present embodiment assumes PUCCHresources 0 and 1 (h0,h1) corresponding to ACK/NACK combinations forwhich all error detection results of SCell are NACK or DTX to be PUCCHresources in PCell and assumes PUCCH resources 2 to 5 corresponding toother ACK/NACK combinations to be PUCCH resources in SCell.

That is, in FIG. 16, PUCCH transmission cells are switched between SCelland PCell depending on whether all error detection results of SCell areNACK or DTX.

In other words, in addition “N, N/D, N/D, N/D” and “A, N/D, N/D, N/D”mapped to PUCCH resources in PCell associated in a one-to-onecorrespondence with the top CCE index (n_(cc)E) of the CCEs occupied byPDCCH indicating the PCell PDSCH, also “N/D, A, N/D, N/D” and “A, A,N/D, N/D” are mapped to PUCCH resources in PCell and other ACK/NACKcombinations are mapped to PUCCH resources in SCell.

More specifically, in FIG. 16, “N, N/D, N/D, N/D” and “A, N/D, N/D, N/D”are mapped to PUCCH resource 0 (h0) in PCell as with Embodiment 1 and“A, N/D, N/D, A” and “A, A, N/D, A” are mapped to PUCCH resources 4 (h4)in SCell. That is, in FIG. 16, ACK/NACK combinations (“N, N/D, N/D, N/D”and “A, N/D, N/D, N/D”) supporting LTE fallback are mapped to resourcesin PCell as with Embodiment 1.

It is thereby possible to support LTE fallback as with Embodiments 1 and2.

In FIG. 16, “N/D, A, N/D, N/D” and “A, A, N/D, N/D” are mapped to PUCCHresources 1 (h1) in PCell, and “N/D, A, A, A” and “A, A, A, A” aremapped to PUCCH resources 5 (h5) in SCell. Here, PUCCH resources 1 and 5(h1, h5) shown in FIG. 16 correspond to PUCCH resource 1 (h1) shown inFIG. 14 and Step3 in FIG. 7. That is, PUCCH resource 1 (h1) shown inFIG. 16 corresponds to phase point ±j of PUCCH resources 1 (h1) shown inStep3 in FIG. 7 and PUCCH resource 5 (h5) shown in FIG. 16 correspondsto phase point ±1 of PUCCH resource 1 (h1) shown in Step3 in FIG. 7.Furthermore, PUCCH resources 2 and 3 shown in FIG. 15 are similar tothose in FIG. 14 and in Step3 in FIG. 7.

Thus, “N, N/D, N/D, N/D” and “A, N/D, N/D, N/D” which are ACK/NACKcombinations supporting LTE fallback and for which all error detectionresults of SCell are NACK or DTX, and “N/D, A, N/D, N/D” and “A, A, N/D,N/D” which are ACK/NACK combinations for which all other error detectionresults of SCell are NACK or DTX are mapped to PUCCH resources 0 and 1in PCell, and other ACK/NACK combinations are mapped to PUCCH resources2 to 5 in SCell.

Thus, as with Embodiment 1, base station 100 detects ACK/NACK acrossPCell and SCell, and can thereby prevent accuracy deterioration inACK/NACK detection.

More specifically, when base station 100 assigns PDSCHs of both PCelland SCell to terminal 200, the possibility that ACK/NACK of PCell may bereported using PUCCH resources 2 to 5 in SCell is as high as 98.80%,whereas the possibility that ACK/NACK of PCell may be reported usingPUCCH resource 0 or 1 in PCell is as extremely low as 1.19%.

That is, as with Embodiment 2, compared to a case where PUCCH resources0 and 1 are assumed to be PUCCH resources in PCell (probability of use:81.36%) and PUCCH resources 2 and 3 are assumed to be PUCCH resources inSCell (probability of use: 18.62%), in the present embodiment, PUCCHresources having a high probability of use are arranged jointly in SCelland the probability that ACK/NACK may be detected in SCell becomesextremely high.

Therefore, as with Embodiment 2, for example, base station 100 detectsACK/NACK using PUCCH resources 2 to 5 in SCell having a high probabilityof use first, and when ACK/NACK detection in SCell is not possible, basestation 100 then detects ACK/NACK using PUCCH resources 0 and 1 in PCellhaving a low probability of use.

Thus, when ACK/NACK detection in SCell is not possible, base station 100can determine that all error detection results corresponding to SCellPDSCHs are NACK or DTX(N/D) without performing ACK/NACK detection usingPUCCH resources 0 and 1 in PCell. Furthermore, when ACK/NACK detectionin SCell is not possible, base station 100 then detects ACK/NACK usingPUCCH resources 0 and 1 in PCell, and can thereby determine errordetection results corresponding to PCell PDSCHs.

Thus, base station 100 reduces the possibility that ACK/NACK detectionmay be perfumed using a plurality of uplink component carriers, and canthereby prevent accuracy deterioration in ACK/NACK detection due todifferences in a channel environment between component carriers as withEmbodiment 2.

When base station 100 assigns only PCell PDSCHs as with Embodiment 1,ACK/NACKs in PCell are always reported using PUCCH resource 0 in PCell.Thus, even when terminal 200 becomes outside of SCell having a smallcoverage as terminal 200 moves, it is possible to continue communicationin PCell having a large coverage. That is, mobility in PCell can besecured.

As described above, the present embodiment assumes PUCCH resources 0 and1 (resources for which ACK/NACK of SCell is NACK or DTX) that reportonly ACK/NACK of PCell to be PUCCH resources in PCell and assumes otherPUCCH resources 2 to 5 to be PUCCH resources in SCell. Here, PUCCHresources that report only ACK/NACK of PCell include PUCCH resource 0supporting LTE fallback. Thus, according to the present embodiment, itis possible to support LTE fallback and also reduce accuracydeterioration in ACK/NACK detection. Furthermore, according to thepresent embodiment, it is possible to secure mobility in PCell as withEmbodiment 1.

Embodiment 4

As with Embodiment 2, a case will be described in the present embodimentwhere in a TDD system, two downlink component carriers (PCell and SCell)are configured in terminal 200 and Channel Selection is configured as anACK/NACK reporting method. Moreover, a case will be described as anexample where four ACK/NACK bits are configured to be transmitted (caseof Step3 in FIG. 7 (4-bit mapping)).

In Embodiment 2, a total of five PUCCH resources is used to support LTEfallback and prevent accuracy deterioration in ACK/NACK detection (seeFIG. 15). In contrast, the present embodiment will describe a method forsupporting LTE fallback and preventing accuracy deterioration inACK/NACK detection by using a total of four PUCCH resources.

As shown in FIG. 17, the present embodiment assumes PUCCH resource 0(h0) including ACK/NACK combinations supporting LTE fallback to be aPUCCH resource in PCell and assumes other PUCCH resources 1 to 3 (h1 toh3) to be PUCCH resources in SCell.

In other words, only PUCCH resource 0 associated in a one-to-onecorrespondence with the top CCE index (n_(CCE)) of the CCEs occupied byPDCCH indicating the PDSCH in PCell is assumed to be a PUCCH resource inPCell and PUCCH resources 1 to 3 other than PUCCH resource 0 are assumedto be PUCCH resources in SCell. As shown in FIG. 17, PUCCH resource 0includes ACK/NACK combinations (“N, N/D, N/D, N/D” and “A, N/D, N/D,N/D”) supporting LTE fallback.

By so doing, it is possible to support LTE fallback without increasingthe number of PUCCH resources to be used compared to Embodiment 2 (seeFIG. 15).

Furthermore, as with Embodiment 2, base station 100 detects ACK/NACKacross PCell and SCell, and can thereby prevent accuracy deteriorationin ACK/NACK detection.

More specifically, when base station 100 assigns PDSCHs of both PCelland SCell to terminal 200, the possibility that ACK/NACKs of PCell andSCell may be reported using PUCCH resources 1 to 3 in SCell is as highas 91.21% while the possibility that ACK/NACKs of PCell and SCell may bereported using PUCCH resource 0 in PCell is as relatively low as 8.78%.

That is, as with Embodiment 2, compared to a case where PUCCH resources0 and 1 are assumed to be PUCCH resources in PCell (probability of use:81.36%) and PUCCH resources 2 and 3 are assumed to be PUCCH resources inSCell (probability of use: 18.62%), in the present embodiment, PUCCHresources having a high probability of use are arranged jointly in SCelland the probability that ACK/NACKs in SCell may be detected becomesextremely high.

Therefore, for example, base station 100 detects ACK/NACK using PUCCHresources 1 to 3 in SCell having a high probability of use first, andwhen ACK/NACK detection is not possible using PUCCH resources 1 to 3 inSCell, base station 100 then detects ACK/NACK using PUCCH resource 0 inPCell having a low probability of use.

Thus, as with Embodiment 2, when ACK/NACK detection in SCell is notpossible, base station 100 can determine that all error detectionresults corresponding to SCell PDSCHs are NACK or DTX(N/D) withoutperforming ACK/NACK detection using PUCCH resource 0 in PCell. Moreover,when ACK/NACK detection in SCell is not possible, base station 100 thendetects ACK/NACK using PUCCH resource 0 in PCell and can therebydetermine error detection results corresponding to PDSCHs in PCell.

As described above, the present embodiment assumes PUCCH resource 0including ACK/NACK combinations supporting at least LTE fallback to be aPUCCH resource in PCell and assumes PUCCH resources 1 to 3 other thanPUCCH resource 0 to be PUCCH resources in SCell. By so doing, it ispossible to support LTE fallback without increasing the number of PUCCHresources to be used and also reduce accuracy deterioration in ACK/NACKdetection.

Each embodiment according to the present invention has been described sofar.

As the method for reporting PUCCH resources in SCell in the aboveembodiments, when PDCCH indicating the SCell PDSCHs are in SCell, PUCCHresources associated with the top CCE index (n_(CCE)′) of the CCEsoccupied by the PDCCH and the next (n_(CCE)′+1) may be used or PUCCHresources configured beforehand by the base station may be used.Alternatively, a method may be adopted in which a plurality of PUCCHresources are configured beforehand and one of them is selected usingARI reported using PDCCH indicating the SCell PDSCH.

Regarding PUCCH resources 1 (see FIG. 16) in PCell not supporting LTEfallback in Embodiment 3, PUCCH resources associated with (n_(CCE)+1)adjacent to the top CCE index of the CCEs occupied by PDCCH indicatingthe PCell PDSCH may be used or PUCCH resources configured beforehand bythe base station may be used. Furthermore, a method may be adopted inwhich a plurality of PUCCH resources are configured beforehand, ARI isreported using PDCCH indicating the PCell PDSCH and one of them isselected using the ARI. In short, the present invention is intended todisclose to which of PCell or SCell PUCCH resources other than PUCCHresource 0 supporting LTE fallback belong, and not intended to limit areporting method thereof.

In the foregoing embodiments, the present invention is configured withhardware by way of example, but the invention may also be provided bysoftware in concert with hardware.

In addition, the functional blocks used in the descriptions of theembodiments are typically implemented as LSI devices, which areintegrated circuits. The functional blocks may be formed as individualchips, or a part or all of the functional blocks may be integrated intoa single chip. The term “LSI” is used herein, but the terms “IC,”“system LSI,” “super LSI” or “ultra LSI” may be used as well dependingon the level of integration.

In addition, the circuit integration is not limited to LSI and may beachieved by dedicated circuitry or a general-purpose processor otherthan an LSI. After fabrication of LSI, a field programmable gate array(FPGA), which is programmable, or a reconfigurable processor whichallows reconfiguration of connections and settings of circuit cells inLSI may be used.

Should a circuit integration technology replacing LSI appear as a resultof advancements in semiconductor technology or other technologiesderived from the technology, the functional blocks could be integratedusing such a technology. Another possibility is the application ofbiotechnology and/or the like.

A terminal apparatus according to the embodiment described above is aterminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus usinga plurality of component carriers, the terminal apparatus including: agenerating section that generates a response signal using an errordetection result of each piece of downlink data transmitted using theplurality of component carriers; and a control section that transmitsthe response signal using an uplink control channel based on a mappingrule, in which: the mapping rule associates a pattern candidate of theerror detection result with a plurality of resources of the uplinkcontrol channel used for transmission of the response signal and phasepoints in each resource; a first resource among the plurality ofresources is associated with at least a first pattern candidate in whicha pattern of a specific error detection result corresponding to downlinkdata of a first component carrier is identical to a pattern of an errordetection result when communication with the base station apparatus isperformed using only the first component carrier, and all errordetection results other than the specific error detection result areNACK or DTX; a phase point associated with the first pattern candidateis identical to a phase point associated with an error detection resultpattern when communication with the base station apparatus is performedusing only the first component carrier; and at least the first resourceamong the plurality of resources is allocated for the first componentcarrier.

In the terminal apparatus according to the embodiment: only the firstpattern candidate is associated with the first resource; and a resourceother than the first resource and associated with a pattern candidateother than the first pattern candidate is assigned in a second componentcarrier other than the first component carrier.

In the terminal apparatus according to the embodiment: a second resourcewhich is a resource different from the first resource and associatedwith a second pattern candidate for which all error detection resultscorresponding to downlink data of a second component carrier other thanthe first component carrier are NACK or DTX is allocated for the firstcomponent carrier; and a resource other than the first resource and thesecond resource is allocated for the second component carrier.

In the terminal apparatus according to the embodiment: a resource otherthan the first resource is allocated for a second component carrierother than the first component carrier.

In the terminal apparatus according to the embodiment: a probability ofoccurrence of a pattern candidate group associated with resourcesallocated for the first component carrier is lower than a probability ofoccurrence of a pattern candidate group associated with resourcesallocated for a second component carrier other than the first componentcarrier.

In the terminal apparatus according to the embodiment, the firstresource is a resource associated with a top index of a control channelelement (CCE) occupied by downlink control information received by thefirst component carrier.

In the terminal apparatus according to the embodiment: in an FDD(Frequency Division Duplex) system, mapping to the first patterncandidate supports fallback to Format1a or Format1b.

In the terminal apparatus according to the embodiment, in a TDD (TimeDivision Duplex) system, mapping to the first pattern candidate supportsfallback to Format1a.

In the terminal apparatus according to the embodiment, the firstcomponent carrier is a band used by a base station having a widecoverage and a second component carrier other than the first componentcarrier is a band used by a base station having a narrow coverage.

A transmission method according to the embodiment is a transmissionmethod for a terminal apparatus that communicates with a base stationapparatus using a plurality of component carriers, the method including:generating a response signal using an error detection result of eachpiece of downlink data transmitted using the plurality of componentcarriers; and transmitting the response signal using an uplink controlchannel based on a mapping rule; in which: the mapping rule associates apattern candidate of the error detection result with a plurality ofresources of the uplink control channel used for transmission of theresponse signal and phase points in each resource; a first resourceamong the plurality of resources is associated with at least a firstpattern candidate in which a pattern of a specific error detectionresult corresponding to downlink data of a first component carrier isidentical to an error detection result pattern when communication withthe base station apparatus is performed using only the first componentcarrier, and all error detection results other than the specific errordetection result are NACK or DTX; a phase point associated with thefirst pattern candidate is identical to a phase point associated with anerror detection result pattern when communication with the base stationapparatus is performed using only the first component carrier; and atleast the first resource among the plurality of resources is allocatedfor the first component carrier.

The disclosure of the specification, drawings, and abstract in JapanesePatent Application No. 2012-117626 filed on May 23, 2012 is incorporatedherein by reference in its entirety.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention is suitable for use in mobile communicationsystems or the like.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   100 Base station-   200 Terminal-   101, 208 Control section-   102 Control information generating section-   103, 105 Coding section-   104, 107 Modulation section-   106 Data transmission controlling section-   108 Mapping section-   109, 218 IFFT section-   110, 219 CP adding section-   111, 222 Radio transmitting section-   112, 201 Radio receiving section-   113, 202 CP removing section-   114 PUCCH extracting section-   115 Despreading section-   116 Sequence controlling section-   117 Correlation processing section-   118 A/N determining section-   119 Bundled A/N despreading section-   120 IDFT section-   121 Bundled A/N determining section-   122 Retransmission control signal generating section-   203 FFT section-   204 Extraction section-   205, 209 Demodulation section-   206, 210 Decoding section-   207 Determination section-   211 CRC section-   212 Response signal generating section-   213 Coding and modulation section-   214 Primary-spreading section-   215 Secondary-spreading section-   216 DFT section-   217 Spreading section-   220 Time multiplexing section-   221 Selection section

1. An integrated circuit to control a process, the process comprising:transmitting, to a terminal, downlink data in one or more componentcarriers including a first component carrier and a second componentcarrier that are aggregated in a carrier aggregation; and receiving aresponse signal, which is generated based on error detection results ofthe downlink data and which is transmitted, from the terminal, in auplink control channel based on a mapping rule, wherein: the mappingrule associates the error detection results with one of a plurality ofresources used for transmission of the uplink control channel, theplurality of resources including a first resource and a second resource;error detection results when the downlink data is transmitted only inthe first component carrier are associated with the first resource thatis mapped on the first component carrier; error detection results whenthe downlink data is transmitted only in the second component carrierare associated with the second resource that is mapped on the secondcomponent carrier; the first resource is associated with an index of oneor more control channel elements in which downlink control informationtransmitted in the first component carrier is mapped; and the secondresource is associated with an index of one or more control channelelements in which downlink control information transmitted in the secondcomponent carrier is mapped.
 2. The integrated circuit according toclaim 1, comprising: circuitry which, in operation, controls theprocess; at least one input coupled to the circuitry, wherein the atleast one input, in operation, inputs data; and at least one outputcoupled to the circuitry, wherein the at least one output, in operation,outputs data.
 3. The integrated circuit according to claim 1, whereinerror detection results including ACK or NACK for the downlink data inthe first component carrier and NACK or DTX for the downlink data in thesecond component carrier are associated with the first resource.
 4. Theintegrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein a probability ofoccurrence of error detection results associated with the first resourceis lower than a probability of occurrence of error detection resultsassociated with the second resource.
 5. The integrated circuit accordingto claim 1, wherein in an FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) system, anassociation of error detection results with the first resource supportsfallback to Format 1a or Format 1b.
 6. The integrated circuit accordingto claim 1, wherein in a TDD (Time Division Duplex) system, anassociation of error detection results with the first resource supportsfallback to Format 1a.
 7. The integrated circuit according to claim 1,wherein the first component carrier is a band used by a base stationhaving a wide coverage and the second component carrier is a band usedby a base station having a narrow coverage.
 8. The integrated circuitaccording to claim 2, wherein the at least one output and the at leastone input, in operation, are coupled to an antenna.
 9. An integratedcircuit comprising circuitry, which, in operation: controlstransmission, to a terminal, of downlink data in one or more componentcarriers including a first component carrier and a second componentcarrier that are aggregated in a carrier aggregation; and controlsreception of a response signal, which is generated based on errordetection results of the downlink data and which is transmitted, fromthe terminal, in a uplink control channel based on a mapping rule,wherein: the mapping rule associates the error detection results withone of a plurality of resources used for transmission of the uplinkcontrol channel, the plurality of resources including a first resourceand a second resource; error detection results when the downlink data istransmitted only in the first component carrier are associated with thefirst resource that is mapped on the first component carrier; errordetection results when the downlink data is transmitted only in thesecond component carrier are associated with the second resource that ismapped on the second component carrier; the first resource is associatedwith an index of one or more control channel elements in which downlinkcontrol information transmitted in the first component carrier ismapped; and the second resource is associated with an index of one ormore control channel elements in which downlink control informationtransmitted in the second component carrier is mapped.
 10. Theintegrated circuit according to claim 9, comprising: at least one inputcoupled to the circuitry, wherein the at least one input, in operation,inputs data; and at least one output coupled to the circuitry, whereinthe at least one output, in operation, outputs data.
 11. The integratedcircuit according to claim 9, wherein error detection results includingACK or NACK for the downlink data in the first component carrier andNACK or DTX for the downlink data in the second component carrier areassociated with the first resource.
 12. The integrated circuit accordingto claim 9, wherein a probability of occurrence of error detectionresults associated with the first resource is lower than a probabilityof occurrence of error detection results associated with the secondresource.
 13. The integrated circuit according to claim 9, wherein in anFDD (Frequency Division Duplex) system, an association of errordetection results with the first resource supports fallback to Format 1aor Format 1b.
 14. The integrated circuit according to claim 9, whereinin a TDD (Time Division Duplex) system, an association of errordetection results with the first resource supports fallback to Format1a.
 15. The integrated circuit according to claim 9, wherein the firstcomponent carrier is a band used by a base station having a widecoverage and the second component carrier is a band used by a basestation having a narrow coverage.
 16. The integrated circuit accordingto claim 10, wherein the at least one output and the at least one input,in operation, are coupled to an antenna.